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Joseph AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

(b. 8 December 1689 , Acadie d. 22 May 1774 , Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) was born 8 December 1689 in Acadie

Joseph AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) was the child of François AMIRAULT dit TOURANGEAU and Marie PITRE DE PALOMCOUP and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean Beneque PITRE and Marie PESSELEY (PESSELET)

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Joseph married Marguerite LORD (LAURE) 31 July 1718 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 4 children. Marguerite LORD (LAURE) was born abt. 1698 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marguerite was the child of Julien LORD (LOURT) dit LAMONTAGNE and Anne Charlotte GIROUARD.

Joseph AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) died 22 May 1774 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada.
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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Joseph AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

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Joseph AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) married

Marguerite LORD (LAURE)-- Date: 31 July 1718 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marguerite LORD (LAURE) was the child of Julien LORD (LOURT) dit LAMONTAGNE and Anne Charlotte GIROUARD

Children of Joseph AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) and Marguerite LORD (LAURE):

François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) (b.abt. 1721, , Acadia, Canada d. 2 December 1799, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )
m. Cécile BOURG 3 February 1749 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre AMIRAULT (b.abt. 1722, , Acadia, Canada d. 18 July 1796, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Anne-Desanges ROBICHAUD 16 January 1752 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Louis AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) (b.21 January 1734, , Acadia, Canada d. 23 February 1810, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise RICHARD 1762 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Charles AMIRAULT (b.1 May 1740, Port Royal, Acadia d. 10 December 1793, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Elisabeth Isabelle ROBICHAUD 7 November 1768 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1689 Birth
8 December 1689
, Nova Scotia, Canada

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1718 Marriage / Partner
Joseph AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) and Marguerite LORD (LAURE) 31 July 1718, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 28 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1734 Birth of Child
Louis AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) was born 21 January 1734, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Joseph was 44 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Charles AMIRAULT was born 1 May 1740, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph was 50 years old.

1749 Marriage of Child
François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) married 3 February 1749 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Cécile BOURG

1752 Marriage of Child
Pierre AMIRAULT married 16 January 1752, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Anne-Desanges ROBICHAUD

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1768 Marriage of Child
Charles AMIRAULT married 7 November 1768, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Elisabeth Isabelle ROBICHAUD